the club is loud, wild and crowded. nobody looks really sober anymore, everyone is laughing, smoking and dancing. in the middle of the crowd are the members of the arctic monkeys. you've been friends with them for a while, but today you're actually here with your other friends. you approach the bar and notice out of the corner of your eye how alex is heading towards you. when you arrive at the bar, he leans against the counter, grins at you with amusement and pretends to have seen you for the first time.

"can i buy you a drink, pretty lady?"